Our Customers

Our work spans both the civic and private sectors, from Global 10 corporations to entrepreneurial ventures, as well as with governments, not for profits, and international networks. We develop long term relationships with our customers, learning from each other every day. You bring the deep understanding of how your company and industry sector works. We bring a deep understanding of enabling collaborative innovation and growth, as well as the geopolitical and economic forces pressuring and reshaping organizations. Together, we learn and act quickly to deliver results.

A few of the more well-known organizations we've worked with include:

•  American Express            
•  Astellas Pharmaceuticals
•  Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
•  Cincom            
•  ConocoPhillips
•  Dow Chemical
•  Fleishman Hillard
•  Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
•  Harvard Stem Cell Institute
•  J.D. Edwards
•  Merrill Lynch
•  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
•  Raytheon
•  Royal Dutch Shell
•  Scottish Enterprise
•  UK Trade & Investment

The Rhythm of Business offers a full range of strategic and operational consulting, business mentoring, and executive education services for achieving sustainable advantage by growing an organization's collaborative capacity. We deliver keynote presentations, run workshops at trade, industry, and academic conferences, present at executive off-sites, and sponsor and lead symposia.  

A few of the venues we've presented at include:

•  American Society for Quality
•  Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals Global Summits
•  Delphi Group's Collaborative Commerce Summit
•  International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in
    Organizations
•  Information Week Conferences - Business Agility
•  International Sematech Critical Materials Council
•  National Supply Chain Conference
•  Scottish Development International All Staff Conference
•  Strategic Management Society
•  University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Association
•  University of Sao Paulo Business Leaders Program
•  Wisconsin Economic Development Association

"The Rhythm of Business’s framework for value exchange through collaboration has enabled us to begin to change traditional behaviors and shift our thinking about what our suppliers’ value. We’ve used that insight to engage in activities that are resulting in increased value for all concerned. By changing the conversations with these key suppliers we have improved communication in a way that is allowing us to realize previously unreachable objectives. "
- Gary L. Smith, Well Operations Lead, Global Procurement Services, ConocoPhillips

"The Rhythm of Business’s comprehensive understanding of collaboration has provided us with a useful framework for measuring the capacity of the globalscot network to aid Scotland’s economic development agenda. At the same time, they’ve provided us with tools and techniques for engaging the network more fully, thus contributing to increasing its capacity. This is the network effect in action. "
- Mark Hallan, Head of globalscot, Scottish Enterprise

"The Rhythm of Business has provided us with the mindset, skillset, and toolset to take collaborative capability to a new, more strategic level within our company. They have a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to succeed in alliances and of the current dynamic business environment."
- Brooke A. Paige, Director, Strategic Alliance Management, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals

"This is not a waste of time. The prize is bigger than we ever imagined."
- Participants in a supplier/customer collaboration

"There are not many good metrics for measuring collaboration. The Collaborating to Win assessment gave us an excellent combination of quantitative and qualitative information. The excellent synthesis provided us with valuable insight, affirmation, and a clear path moving forward. We will continue to measure our Collaborative Index!"
- Eric Talbott, Vice President, Sales Strategy, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Novartis